Wednesday, June 9, 2010
Vicksburg...Anchuca Tour
Monday...our last day in Vicksburg! I really could have spent a few more days touring the beautiful antebellum homes but we needed to get back home today. We did manage to squeeze a couple of stops in before we left Vicksburg.
Anchuca (1830), a Choctaw word meaning "happy home," was first on our list...we ate brunch here on Sunday but were unable to tour the home. I'm so glad that we took the morning to go back over there! Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this Greek Revival landmark represents the first of the columned mansions built in Vicksburg and was the last home of wealthy planter Joseph E. Davis, brother of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy.
The balcony was the site where Jefferson Davis greeted neighbors and friends while visiting his brother in 1869.
Next we visited the Vicksburg Battlefield Museum which houses the Gray & Blue Naval Society.
Vicksburg will be a future field trip for our boys....there are so many more things to see here!
Anchuca (1830), a Choctaw word meaning "happy home," was first on our list...we ate brunch here on Sunday but were unable to tour the home. I'm so glad that we took the morning to go back over there! Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, this Greek Revival landmark represents the first of the columned mansions built in Vicksburg and was the last home of wealthy planter Joseph E. Davis, brother of Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy.
Next we visited the Vicksburg Battlefield Museum which houses the Gray & Blue Naval Society.
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